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Fewer classes, high enrollment burdens college

By Don Clyde and Hannah Weiner The Guardsman Many City College students have been struggling to enroll in impacted classes and teachers are overworked due to a large number of Spring 2010 course cuts. City College cut 379 classes this semester and 330 during fall 2009, according to Terrance Hall,

Launch Pad introduces green careers

By Robert RomanoThe Guardsman The Green Launch Pad, a new program at City College, gives students practical skills to enter the environmentally friendly work force, according to James Lewis, the program’s director. Students are exposed to many different areas of study which they are encouraged to pursue upon completion

Obama plans to jump-start community colleges

President lays out aim to increase grants and forgive student loans By Estela FuentesThe Guardsman President Barack Obama urged the Senate to pass a bill that would revitalize community colleges on Jan. 27 in his 2010 State of the Union address. Obama said having a high school diploma does not

News Briefs: Feb. 10, 2010

Veterans Center Update City College is planning to open a new Veterans Center by fall 2010. Three focus group meetings will be held to give veteran students an opportunity to offer suggestions about how the center will be organized. Meetings will be held Feb. 18, 9 to 10 a.m.

Chinatown campus on path to completion as patience for delays runs thin

By Don Clyde and Jessica Luthi The Guardsman Construction on the Chinatown/North Beach campus will resume after the City College board of trustees unanimously approved several subcontracts for projects needed to continue work on the campus during a Jan. 28 meeting. Due to complications in the bidding process, construction

Update: Elderly pedestrian struck by city truck

An elderly woman was struck and killed by a San Francisco Public Utilities Commission truck at the intersection of Miramar and Ocean avenues on the afternoon of Feb. 9.

Security upgrades yet to reach SFO

On Christmas day 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian man claiming ties to al-Qaida, attempted to set off an incendiary device he smuggled aboard a Detroit-bound flight from Amsterdam.